VIRGIN ISLANDS WVWI, St. Thomas 7 2151-2203 Eng. Fair and steady w/ CBS
coverage of 49ers vs Bears playoff game. Ad break at 2158, ID "WVWI, St.
Thomas. The ?? Corporation, proud of its part in helping to insure the
Virgin Islands' way of life, is located on the second floor of Palm
Passage. Phone 774-3503."

1010 COL CARACOL, Neiva 5 0307 briefly mixing in w/ ID, nx.

COL R Reloj, Barranquilla 5 0302 ID, ad string. Fair.

VEN R Aragua, Cagua 5 0245 rel pgm, break for ID as "Aragua Mil-Diez" at
0304, then back to relig. Gave Bible study assignments and then asked for
prayers for President Caldera.

1070.2? COL Em Atlantico 12 1220 Good w/ ad for air conditioner
store in Barranquilla, into HJ nx. This was off frequency, but unfortunately
I wrote 1220.2 in the FQ space, mixing the FQ & time. Perhaps 1070.2?

1120 COL R Deportes, Bucaramanga 30 1109-1127 Good w/ CARACOL nx,
call-ins, Cafe Sello Rojo ad, local anmts, then back to CARACOL. 14 0746
Good w/ CARACOL pgm // 810. Either this or Tunja, the other listed
CARACOL outlet on 1120. Never hrd anything but CARACOL pgming on this FQ.

1240 COL CARACOL station 1 0612 CARACOL ID, mention of CARACOL Miami.
Greetings to listeners in exterior. 14 1019 // 810 kHz. Only CARACOL on this
frequency in WRTH is Radio Buenaventura. However, according to a SW QSL from
nearby co-owned La Voz del Cinaruco, Radio Caribabare is also CARACOL. The
latter is much closer and more likely, I think.

COL Unid 14 0935 u/ Barinas w/ "Amanecer Campesino" pgm of ranchera mx.
Henrik Klemetz notes that this was probably La Voz de la Gran Colombia
. Later: I have had a glance at your web page /Col - Ven fqy listings/ and the inclusion
of logos etc is a definitive improvement.
Re one of your Col unids, one on 1400z, with "Amanecer campesino", I have now
to give you a belated clarification - I donīt know why I havenīt done this
earlier - inasmuch as this stn must have been La V de Cimitarra, not La V de la Gran
Colombia. I remember hearing the program you reported, and after a good deal of
browsing I now find the date, Mar 19, 1995, s/on 0903 w/NA and into "Amanecer
campesino", ments
of Barrio Villa del Río, Barrio Aurora, provincia ? de Carare etc. Rather
awkward microphone audio and
a couple of RCN promos, and at 0931 apparently a local ID. - I may have talked
to the RCN hq at a later date, confirming that La V de la Gran Colombia was no
longer an affiliate, but La V del Cimitarra was. (In 1994/5, I prepared fqy
listings for RCN).

VEN R Satelite Guacara 8 0021-0034 Pop mx. Slogan "La estacion de las dos
catedrales." (Odd - the station of the two cathedrals.) Promo for
"Venezuela y su Gente" pgm of folk mx, Sundays at dawn. Henrik Klemetz
notes that the slogan should be '...las dos capitales...', or the two
capitals. The station is located midway between two state capitals.

1540 BAHAMAS ZNS1, Nassau 10 0201-0215 Political interview pgm with
members of Bahamian press & a govt official. Good. 12 0940 Good w/ Eng rel
pgm. Never a trace of another station hrd on this frequency, not even during
daytime.

1570.3 COL La Voz de los Fundadores, Manizales 9 0134 weak but clear w/
OM talk, ad for discoteca in Manizales, discussion of Feria de Manizales,
but no ID.Henrik Klemetz in Colombia notes that this station began
IDing as Radio Sensacion in December, 1994.

1600 COL Armonias Zipaquirenas, Ziparquira 12 0058-0112 w/ string of
ads & anmts. One for a store w/ "the same prices as in Bogota". Assume this
stn as town is only 40 km from Bogota, but perhaps an unlicensed one. Either
off suddenly or lost at 0112.

1615v COL Unid 12 0132-0147 Apparent unlicensed stn w/ mix
of trop mx, ranchera, and rustic guitar. Very unprofessional ancr
w/ lots of pauses, repititions, etc. UTC-5 TC "en la frontera
colombiana", indicating border area QTH. Good signal but some
deep fades & modulation trouble. Worse was the frequency drifting
back and fourth between about 1614 - 1618 kHz, requiring constant
retuning. Finally gave up on this because almost impossible to
keep good audio on it. As an unlicensed station, this is probably
a very low power operation, so the strong signal also points
towards a nearby border area location. None of the unlicensed
stns listed at the top end of the band in the WRTH are in border
locations, so apparently something else.

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